Environmental Advocates’ Ross Gould: “The resignation of Mike Hervey should, in no way, be seen as the silver bullet that will fix the deep problems within the (LIPA) operations, and the gaping lack of leadership within its ranks.”

Senator-elect Simcha Felder’s boss, NYC Comptroller John Liu, declined to criticize his fellow Democrat for siding with the Republicans.

Common Cause called Adolfo Carrion’s claim that he won’t take matching funds to free up cash for Sandy recovery efforts “both an insult to democracy and a brutish attempt to score political points off of a natural disaster.”

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley sounded positively Cuomoesque while downplaying the possibility that he’ll run for president in 2016.

Bill O’Reilly calls Cuomo “the last adult standing in Albany,” but worries he’ll give in to the temptation of overspending to appease the labor unions.

Will Bloomberg’s famous sign language interpreter, Lydia Callis, spur a surge of interest in the already growing field?

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